Hair roller heating apparatus



July 8, 1969 Q L, KEMP ET AL HAIR ROLLER HEATING APPARATUS Filed April13. 1966 In z- 7 INVENTORS (LAKE/pill KEMP DJ/f/ervv/q l AND TW/CK A TTORNEY United States Patent O Filed Apr. 13, 1966, Ser. No. 542,371 Int.Cl. F2711 11/00 U.S. Cl. 312-31 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Thedisclosure herein is of a hair roller heating apparatus involving acabinet in which trays are supported, which in turn support the usualcylindrical hair rollers of varying diameters and lengths each of saidtrays being hinged to the other for access to the lower of the two,there being heating means provided in the cabinet with means tocirculate such heat so that the rollers are preliminarily heated andthus available for use in hair curling, access to the rollers being inan endwise manner through openings in the lower ends of the columns inwhich they are stacked in the trays mentioned.

This invention relates to hair roller heating apparatus and moreparticularly to a novel form of such apparatus which substantiallyincreases the production of heated rollers, and more uniformly heats thesame and makes them readily available for use.

The invention herein presents a substantial improvement over thatdisclosed in our co-pending application Ser. No. 453,409, filed May 5,1965, wherein one form of hair curler oven or heating apparatus wasdisclosed together with the method wherein the apparatus is used andwhich most substantially increases the productivity of an operator.

It is a primary object of this particular invention as it was of theearlier invention, to supply heated rollers for use in either commercialor home hair curling operation, so that the time required for completelydrying the hair and thus providing the curling effect desired issubstantially reduced. In fact by the instant invention in most casessuch time reduction may be fifty percent and in many cases even more, asubstantial improvement as will be readily recognized.

In our earlier application, the method of use of the curlers or rollersheated by the invention disclosed therein, was setforth, and theinvention in that particular form as to the oven,.resided in supplyingthe rollers by supporting them on rods whereby they were supplied one ata time. The construction of heating apparatus to load the rods with therollers prior to treatment, in such a manner as to have the same mostaccessible, was somewhat cumbersome and not as efiicient as the instantapparatus provided therefore.

With the foregoing in mind, it is therefore a principal object toprovide an improved form of hair roller heating apparatus, in which thehair rollers are supported so that heated air may be circulatedtherearound, and the rollers available for removal from the apparatusone at a time at any particular time desired, the loading or preliminaryfilling of the machine so to speak being effected in a very simplemanner.

A further object of the invention is to provide as improved form of hairrollerheating apparatus in which the rollers are supported in columnarposition, with rows or columns of rollers side by side in a generallyvertical arrangement so that they may be withdrawn one at a time throughan opening provided at the lower ends of the columns, provision fordifferent lengths of rollers to be heated and manipulated from theapparatus being made.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of rollerheating apparatus in which the heating is effected in a simple manner,under the control of thermostatic elements with circulation of heatedair being effected, and made particularly eflicient by the provision ofcertain foraminated portions of a supporting means for the rollers sothat the heat will be circulated through the rollers as well as aroundthe same.

Other and further objects of the invention will be understood from aconsideration of the specification appended hereto and disclosed in thedrawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a front view of the apparatus of this invention showing thegeneral form thereof.

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus disclosed in FIGURE l.

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus taken about on theline 3-3 of FIGURE 1 looking in the direction of the arrows with thedoor or closure means open.

FIGURE 4 is a front view of roller supporting means` FIGURE 5 is asectional view of the disclosure in FIGURE 4, taken about on the line 55 of that ligure looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to FIGURE 1, the apparatus hereof is shown as comprising ahousing generally denoted 1, with the rear face or Wall 2, a bottom y3,top 4 and ends 5 and 6.

As will be observed from FIGURE 2, the housing is a sort of truncatedright angle member in side view, the

ffront of the apparatus or of the housing being provided with a closuremeans generally denoted 7, hinged at one edge thereof at 8 so as to openinto the position disclosed in FIGURE 3 in order to facilitate access tothe interior of the housing for purposes which will be ap- ',parent asthis description proceeds.

It should be noted that the housing 1, in general, is provided withinsulated walls because it is desirable to retain heat therein.

The heat in the housing is developed in this particular instance as bymeans of quartz tube heaters 9l and 10, which extend generallytransversly, and are supported on a suitable support 11 which in turnextends upwardly in the housing from the base or bottom 3 thereof theheaters being connected to a suitable control means designated 12 in anymanner which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The control means 12 is provided with a suitable rheostat such as 13 toregulate the heat output of the heating means or quartz tubes 9 and 10,the control means further incorporating therein a suitable thermostatcontrol and switches, the thermocouple element of the thermostat beingdesignated 14 and arranged along the bottom or base 3 and slightlythereabove so as to best regulate the temperature within the housing 1.

A suitable fan such as 15 is positioned at the lower portion of the rear2 of the housing, driven by an electric motor 16 which in turn iscontrolled from the control means 12 as by a switch such as 17 forexample there being indicator lights 18, 19, and 20, the lattercontrolled by a switch 21 to regulate the operation of the fan motor 16and the -heater elements or means 9 and 10v and fan may be turned on orofr if necessary. The rheostat 13 is of course availed of to control thecurrent supply to the heating elements 9 and 10.

Suitable support means are provided for the rollers which are of theconventional type and not described in detail, although desirably eitherplastic or yliber or some similar material and generally of varyingdiameters and lengths, in this instance provisions for two lengths beingprovided. The support for the rollers which will be referred to as totheir size more in detail hereinafter, is

provided within the housing 1 by means of vertically extending anglemembers 22, suitably spaced and positioned adjacent the side walls 5 and6 so as to receive therebetween the tray unit or roller supporting meansgenerally designated 23. This tray unit or roller supporting meanscomprises a pair of trays 24 and 25 shown in separate detail in FIGURE5, the tray 25 hingedly connected .at 26 to the upper end of the tray 24so as to be movable into the dotted line position shown in FIGURES 3 and5.

The trays are substantially identical and as indicated in FIGURE 4, a`series of columns is provided by means of the dividers such `as 27, 28,29, etc., which by reason of the spacing thereof will accept rollers ofvarying sizes in parallel columns.

The tray 25 is similarly provided with spacers such as 30, 31, 32, etc.,the tray 25 being of less depth than the tray 24 so that shorter rollersmay be supported therewithin.

It is noted that the back or bottom of each tray which may be designated24a for tray 24, and 25a for tray 25, is comprised of a foraminatedmetal member whereby circulation of air may be effected through thebottom and thus through the rollers supported in the trays since therollers .are round cylindrical members as shown.

It should be noted that the roller supporting means, involving the firstand second trays 24 and 25 respectively may be removed from the housing1 as a unit through the front thereof, when the main closure means ordoor 7 is opened.

The trays may be loaded so to speak when they are in position in thehousing by raising the tray 25 into dotted line position such asindicated in FIGURE 3 and loading the tray 24, thereafter repositioningthe tray 25 and loading that in a similar manner.

In order to provide for removal of the rollers one at .a time, from thevarious columns, suitable doors or access means 33 and 314 are hingedlyconnected at 35 and 36 respectively on the inner faces of the door 7 soas to close or permit access through the access means 37 and 38respectively, these latter being generally triangular shaped openingspositioned, when the main door 7 is in closed condition, opposite thelower row of rollers in the respective clumns of the respective trays.

The purpose of the doors 313 and 34 is of course to facilitate theclosing of the entire unit when it is desired initially to warm therollers therewithin and when in use the doors or one of them may beopened so as to provide for access through the respective access means37 and 38.

As noted the door 7 is provided with an offset so that easy grasping ofthe rollers in the respective trays may be effected for withdrawalthereof through the access means provided.

A suitable latch means such as 40 may be availed of to retain the dooror closure means 7 in closed condition this being the usual type ofrotatable latch member and likewise providing a handle to open the door.

We claim:

1. In hair roller heating apparatus of the class described, incombination, a housing, closure means at one side thereof, rollersupporting means in the housing providing orderly positioning of rollersadjacent 4said closure means, heating means in the lower portion of saidhousing to circulate heat therewithin, and access means in the closuremeans to facilitate removal of individual rollers from supporting meansas required, the supporting means including a tray, the tray isconstructed to support the rollers in vertical columnar arrangement forendwise access, said tray having provisions to facilitate circulation ofheat through and around rollers supported therein, the access means islocated adjacent the lower end of the tray and is of suliicient area tofacilitate endwise withdrawal of rollers as required from the columns inthe tray.

2. The combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein another tray of similarformation to that lirst mentioned to support other rollers in columnarposition for endwise access, is positioned in the housing, and otheraccess means are provided in the closure means to facilitate endwisewithdrawal of rollers in said another tray as required.

3. The combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein the roller supportingmeans comprise a pair of trays having provision for roller support incolumnar position for endwise access, and the access means compriseopenings With `closures therefore, operable to facilitate endwiseremoval of rollers singly from any column at any time. l

4. The combination as claimed in claim 3, wherein the trays includeforaminated portions to facilitate circulation of the heat in thehousing and through and around rollers supported in said trays.

v S. The combination as claimed in claim 3, wherein the trays arearranged to support rollers of differing diameters in substantiallyvertical columns, one of said trays being of a ydepth to receive shorterrollers than the others.

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-U.S. Cl. X.R.

